THIS ISSUE:
February
2014

 

AAA 2014 DFI Awards: Call for Entries
  

    
We encourage you to submit your work and nominate your colleagues for 2014 DFI Awards: the Outstanding Project Award, Distinguished Service Award, C. William Bermingham Innovation Award and Ben C. Gerwick Award for Innovation in Design and Construction of Marine Foundations. Submissions are due by April 15, 2014.
 
BBB SuperPile '14 Call for Papers Extended
The deadline for submitting abstracts for presentations at SuperPile '14 has been extended until February 14, 2014.  Get the details.
GGG Save the Date for DFI of India 2014 Conference

DFI of India in collaboration with the Indian Geotechnical Society-Delhi Chapter and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, will present their 2014 Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India on September 18-20, 2014 at IIT Delhi.  Mark your calendars today!

CCC DFI Website: Did You Know? 
Did you know that the Search Box on the DFI website allows you to search for keywords within the Publications, Members and Terms databases? For help with searches, type "tips" in the Search Box and hit enter. 
DDD Changes to the 2014 Board of Trustees

The number of trustees on the 2014 board has increased from 18 to 21 with the election by membership of DFI's three regional chapter chairs, Frank Haehnig (Zueblin Spezialtiefbau, Germany), Khaldoun Fahoum (Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, UAE) and K.S. Rama Krishna (Consultant, DFI).

 

Also there are three newly-elected trustees: Gerry Houlahan (Moffatt & Nichol), Marine Lasne (Soletanche-Freyssinet) and J. Erik Loehr (University of Missouri). The Executive Committee has also changed. Patrick Bermingham (Bermingham Foundation Solutions) has moved from vice president to trustee. The new vice president is John Wolosick (Hayward Baker). His replacement as treasurer is Dan Brown (Dan Brown & Associates).

 

Click here to see the entire Executive Committee and Board of Trustees

EEE New Corporate Members

Join us in welcoming new Corporate Members since January 1, 2014, and click here for a list of new individual members.

 

 

Armador Consult. Machinery Ltd.

 

Comsa Marine USA LLC

 

GeoStructures, Inc.

 

Inquip Associates, Inc

 

M.S.E. Group

 

Shimmick Construction Company Inc.

  

Be a part of our consensus group and join DFI today.

 

Learn More about Corporate Membership

 

Learn More about Individual Membership

LLL Upcoming DFI Events 

 

 

Workshop on Levee and Coastal Rehabilitation

February 12-13, 2014, Miami, FL 

 

DFI Student Day with Atlas Pipe Piles Manufacturing Mill

February 12, 2014

Chicago, IL

 

DFI-ADSC Anchored Earth & Micropile Seminar

March 19-20, 2014

Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center

Seattle, WA

 

DFIMEC 2014

April 2-3, 2014, Dubai, UAE

 

Helical Piles and Tiebacks Specialty Seminar

April 3, 2014

St. Louis, MO

 

DFI-CSCE Spring Workshop

April 4, 2014

University of New Haven

west Haven, CT

 

DFI-ADSC Drilled Shaft Seminar

April 29-30, 2014

Greensboro, NC 

 

DFI-EFFC International Conference on Piling and Deep Foundations

May 21-23, 2014 Stockholm, Sweden

 

ISM-DFI-ADSC 12th International Workshop on Micropiles

June 11-14, 2014 Krakow, Poland

 

SuperPile 2014

June 18-20, Cambridge, MA

 

For more events, visit www.dfi.org

MMM Industry Events 

February 23-26, 2014: Atlanta, GA

2014 Geo-Congress Geo-Characterization and Modeling for Sustainability

 

March 4-8, 2014: Las Vegas, NV

Conexpo-Con-AGG 2014 

 

May 9-15, 2014: Iguassu Falls, Brazil
 
World Tunnel Congress 2014:WTC 2014 will bring together public managers, designers, builders, equipment suppliers, engineering service companies, professors, professionals and students.   

 

May 26-28, 2014: Shanghai, China

GeoShanghai 2014: This conference will showcase the latest developments and promote international collaborations in geotechnical engineering and related topics.